The Sun. — London, England, 1808-08-01 00:00:00

li/E7MO VTII, limit 36. On Thursday. Afternoon, came into - oar Roads Lord CRAVEN'S beautiful Yacht,. having 'on board his Lordship, Lady CRAVEN and suite, accompanied by a fashionable water party : poss-ssing the advant age of a pleasant breeze, she brought up in fine style. The Daring Gun-brig was at anchor in thejb l nand hoisted the private signal, which not being answered;, all hands were immediately called to qu:irters, and : as the • Yacht bore a very warlike appearance, it created not a little bustle on board the Aitrins, until she came alongside and was hailed by the Command ing Officer. In the evening the whole party came• ashore in his Lordship's Barge, and repaired to RIJS.• !41.1.'s Hotel, where they intend staying during his Lot dship's stay, here, which at present will be but Short Our Theatre, ud d er t h e management of Mr. E 5...114s undergone several additional embellish raents, and was opened on .Monday last fer the sea-. 40n. Mr. H. has engaged a very respe&able Corn- Piny from the Theatres Royal Bath, Biteitingharni Liverpool, &c. his exertions to gratify the public it is r.O be hoped will be amply repaid by a continuance of their liberal patronage. IdIiG4TE, JULY 30. • . The gay scenes of amusements are again come frienced in this place and its vicinity. Carriages of every description now roll through our streets, in bumble imitation of your great city. Donkey airing ;is by far mire prevalent than last Summer . . As the desolation of a part of this place has been truly,la , rnensable, equally astonishing has been the incra : se int, rapid impro vement o f t h e other parts of it.- Our • ' , worthy townsman, Mr. GARNER, is numerously at tendrd by his friends. BATTtsoN's fils in like man.: DANDELION was thronged on Wednesday last. ZIDMAN's Sunday Promenade has been unusually attended. The Theatre is likely to have its due share of public patronage; as we have a respeaable company altogether, under the command of that respe6tahle veteran \\Tumor `YELLS.—DE CAMP, from Drury Lane, is a good addition to our theatrical corps. He does not want spirit, and he has only to get rid of that negligent drawl, or semi.sneer in hi s pronui .:iation, to be a very tespealable actor in his proper Sphere. Our - old favourite, Mrs. TAYLOR, who well deserves to be transferred to the London boards, 51"4 ver y wally gre e t e d w h en s h e ma d e h er ap - Tear,ance on the % Whichening night in M s pirit Malap, Which she sustained with all her usual spirit and ,o gep nuine humour. T he twc? Packets we should have said, Wtl brought us yesterday about three hundred visitors. expe& an a b undant Cargo by every Ve,sel. A dastitaerade is announced at our Theatre 'tor Wed nesday next, and if the weather should not be too hot, there will be no want of people, whatever may be then charaelers. L.EMES WOOL F 4 IR. The Wool Fair at Lewes never was more nume rously attended, both by sellers ar.d buyers, than it w as lest week. At dinner, every room in the house vas full of comp any ; ai d not long alter they had dined, they collated in the principal room, when it, Lord Sheffield rose, an d state d , that pri paratory to meeting he had not negletted to make e v er y in qulrY respeCting the trad e in wool and woollens,and the te t 2olt confirmed the opini on w hi c h h e b ad f ormed,' hat I !! manufacture of fine woo l h as suf f ered, - citmpara fo"lY, but little in consequence of toe machinations lreign P owers. T he home market, including the . ole of the B r i t i s h E mp i re and its dependencies, t t a Kes nearly all the superfine manutacture., and by ar t aPcl the he greatest proportion of everymanufacture ; hest" customers are the p eop l e o f E ng l an d , \eh() c onsume much mo re foupertine cloth than th e y tised to do: the middling classes have found that 4 11 er cloths are the cheapest; and the opulent now k i t e n othing but the finest, even for their . great coats. ,here rate may be a d ecrease i n the export of second- Woollens; but the countries to which we sUeiply those articles cannot long do without them ; they will procure them circuitously, thi t neither an and we know embargo nor a nowimportation agree zliie''' ,w 4 Prevent our woollens from-going to the ;in iirican States, through different channels, as they diee. curing the American War • and even at present, It isiloi the • J . , want of _orders, not the embargO, but rhe d Intrust which has prudently taken place io this country, in respell to t ' toe American States, ' that Pin& pally checks the export t o that Ai t c , ntry. Hi .1 Lordship :then stilted; that he was in corres- roOdt nee with many of .t he principal' person's' in every On of England where there are Wool . lairs, and wob tlit.ee parts where the principal tnanufato- of v.stiol are situ a t e sold d The fin e woots that :{ere withi i i a few .. months past readily found a market i.t I%st yeiAr's prices ; but there was very little de.; s !nand for tlw coarser wools. The general opinio n i s (particularly in tliN West of En4laild), that the price of title wool Will exceed that at last year ; and that thQ coarse will riot ottair= last year's prices. His Lordship next detailed ht: prices of w eu i at different Wes in England and IrecAncl, and stated his reasons 'for believing that no considerable importation of 'woo) wa3 to be expected in .'he course'ot the year. This statement was acknowledged to be fair and -7371,1itt ; but, netwithstanding there appeared to be :::ss dttlerence of opinion bet weer, buyers and sellers than usual, they Oki not agree. No business was dune at the Fair, nor in the evening. The Wool - It Towers tlemanded from 2s. to 6s. per tod less than They demanded at the Fair last year, and from Is. to 2s. More than they bad since received. Lord Shel eld exhibited specimens of fine Wool grown in Eng 2and, by M. Tollett, of Swinnerton-hall ; Mr. • :Portman, of *Dorsetshire ; and 111.1 r. Hall, of Leigh court, sQlne pure Spanish, others of mixed breed; +11(1 alno made several 'communications in ta ,'''ar of the Spanish breed ; that the name of the icritio sheep is rapidly improving;. that a 3-year 0 : , 1 Merino Ryland wether, ilred by Mr. Tollett, 'i..ei:Llietl 33ins. per quarter, and his fleece bibs of tu,/erfine wool. The health of the founder of the fair was drank ; 4 ' 41 "t the Duke of Bedford, Mr. Coke, the Duke t)F Richmond, the Earls of k.;gremont and Chiches ter, Sir Juscpli Barikes, &c. Jo our , Ai Bow.st reet art i c l e, on Saturday) the name iia4 should have been Weary. FROM THE DV7 CH P.eIPERS. VirrottiA, JULY the i Ith, hii Catbolie Majesty proceeded from TolOsa to Bergara, where he was waited upon - and compliniented by the Civil and Ecclesiastical Authorities, and by the. Students of the celebrated College in that towtt . He also_ received a Deputation from the town of St. Andero, consisting of six persons, who' ratitica 06 oath of fidelity already taken, by their tow,n, and solicited forgiveness of their error. His .11/fa jesty received each of them w i t h th e . greatest friendship, and wa§ . engaged to 'busineis with his Ministers until nine in the evening, when he went ta supper. On the following day the King continued hitt journey. to Vittoria. On the boundaries of Gui pascoa the Deputation horn that province took leave of his . Majesty . , who found the DepbtatiOn of Alara on their own territory. He also received the Ma giStracy of the place, and made .enqUiries of them respecting the state of their respedive distrias. When about three leagues frdm the city, he re ceived some dispatches by a Courier : he stopped, read the dispatches, and, answered them without alighting from his carriage. During this interval, a detachment of the African regiment of infantry was introduced to him, which was so resolutely bent on accompanying his Majesty, though repeatedly told • that, being on foot, it was impossible to keep up with the carriage, that it went on for three . , long leagues, and never stopped until his Majesty at - lived at tie apartments prepared for him. At his en trance into the city,.all the troops were under arms, and the houses were hung with carpets. The firing of artillery, the ringing of bells , and , the concourse of thia inhabitants front all quariers,, all contributed to distinguish this event. The day. before, his Majesty was proclaimed Kingof Spain and the Indies, in this city, being the capital of that province. At the distance of 'a league from Vittoria, his Majesty received a Special Deputation from that city, which came to congratulate Will upon his en tering their territory. On his arrival in that place, he received a deputation from the province, the Civil and Spiritual Authorities, and all the individuals of respedability, , who assembled from the environs in Grder io be introaticeit to him. At pine in the evening, a display of fireworks took place, and ins Majesty was pleased to participate iu the festivity.. This day, 'after transaAing business with his :Mk nisrers, his Majesty ~,iiended mass in the Collegiate Church. He was received at the entrance by the Chapter, ‘rt ho conducted hint to a seat' under a ca nopy, which Wa, placed near the grand altar. On hi, return to his residence, Majesty gave au= deuce to %ii• the Deputies front the adjacent towns and villages, as well as those who were introduced to hint the pri•ceding day: - The festivities pf the tortner day, with the display . of fire-works, were this day repeated. On the clay of his Mapsy's -. arrival the following, Proclamation was-issued :—' " DON JOSEPH NAPOLEON, by the Grace of GOD, • and the Con,titution of the State, King of Spain and the Indies. SPANIAnDi !—On entering the territory of a people, the ,Csovernineet of whom Providence has confided to me, I Seel it my duty .to explain -the'sen timents which I entertain. • " In ascending toe 'Lamle, I rely upon finding among you some generous souls who will second tny 01bl - is to restore this people to . the possession Of their ancient splendour. Th e Constitution, to the observance of wing) you are about to pledge your selves by your oaths, secures the exercise of our Holy Religion, and of civil and political freedom. It establishes aiSlational Representation, and restores your ancient Cortes in an ameliorated fOrm. It ap points'a Senate, forming a guarantee of individual liberty, and the support of the Throne, in critical circumstances, and constituting also an honourable asYhtm and reward to those who shall have perform ed signal services to the State,- " The Courts of Justice, the Interpretors of the Laws, divested of passion and favour, shall, in pronouncing judgment, be impartial, free, and in dependent. " Merit and virtue shall be the only claims to the holding of public ottices. " Uniess I any disappointed in my- - wishes, your, •agriculture and commerce shall flourish, ,tree from thOse restraints which have hitherto retarded their • prosperity. _ Dmrous of ruling according to the lam, I shall be the first to give en example of the honour which should be paid to them. 1 enier among you with the greatest confidence, surrounded with those mcritorlous individuals, who hal* concealed from .me nothing which they hare th,dight oecessary for your interests. " thind passion,. false . rumours, thiptrignes of. the couniion enemy of the Continent, anxious only, to separate the ladies from Spain, have plunged some of you into the most dreadful state of anarchy. My heart bleeds_ at the view of it ; but this evil, however considerable it way be, may instantaneous ly cease. " Spaniards, only unitearound my throne: Con duct youselves so as that internal disturbances shall not deprive me of that ticAe which I wish, to employ in labouring for your happiness, nor deprive me of the means of accomplishing that object. I esteem yon enough to peasuade myself that you will make every exertion to obtain and inerit .that happiness, w!.tich i 3 the• dearest objet of my wishes. I, TIIVKING." " By order of his Majesty, " The Mintster Secretary of State, " IVIABIANO LUIS DE UROVJO," " Vittoria, July 12, 1808." BOLOGNA, JULY 15.—Her Majesty the Queen of SPAM . arrived here yesterday on her way from Naples, and made a stay of several hourS. Het-Ma jesty received a visit from Cardinal OvvazuNt, and the Prete& of the department, who went to pay their respeas to her. The Chamberlain; BIANCLIETTI, who was sent by the Viceroy to compliment her on her passing through Bologna, was received,-in the most friendly manner, and had the honour of being' invited to her table. Her Majesty contiutied her journey the same day towards Bayonne. MIRAApA,..Juty Majesty set out from Vittoria at three o'clock this morning, accompanied by die Deputies of the town and pro Vince of Alava to the I;oundarlez of their itu;tdihion. On the ,Journey be. receivc.l the ivagistrates of the differ ent villages, and, in this city, the Corregidor, the Municipality, the Civil .and Spiritual.. Corporations, 'the Diredors of the l' ; ost piEce,,and all the Magis trates of the neighbouring towns and villages who had come to be introduced to hiin and in a word, f. every person of rank and respeiitability,, who was de:. .tircius of that honour. The anxiety which his Majesty shews to inforth liiinself.of all that relates to th e i nteres t s o f the'di s -: tricls he passes through, with regard to their pro-. duClions, as well as the improve ;tents of which they . are susceptible, and the affability which marks all his enquiries, gain the h e a l ts of all that have access to. After the andie4ce, and during the rest of the day, until nine in the evening, his Majesty w . as occupi ed iu business,` either in private or with his Mini sters. His Majesty, notwithstanding the incouve niencies of a journey in the.Warcu season, is in good health. .• . It is difficult to conceive how a small town, con taining only about 860 families; could furnish the fire-work, bands of music, and, all that contributed tO the splendid festivity whith was displayed as' a proof of its joy. PARIS, JULY 14.—We learn that Count MET TEittiICH, the father of the Austrian 'Ambassado'r at Pai is, lAs been seiit from hence upen a message of vary great importance to the Princes of the-Confe deration of the Rhi ne : its Excellency remained some days- at. Augsbnrgh, and then proceeded to Stutgardt. • . 'From Naple4 we learn, that the Queen left that dry on the 7th, to join her illustrious spouse in - Spain. General RaOstEii has also set out- tor Spain. . • JULY 21.—The Persian Envoy, .Asxtzt KHAN; bas arrived .here with a retinue of 40 persons. M. JAUBBERT, Secretary and Interpreter to his Majesty th e Emperor, with M. OuTziEt, the French . Vice Consul at Bagdad, ,set out to meet his Excellency at Nancy. • . His Majesty has gi orders for the 'onstruaion of an iron bridge to be creaed opposite to the Hotel of the Invalids. From LS Z.r.n we learn; that the Princess of BA-. Gii ESTI is exp,:ii , Al there. We are as , ured that M. DE LA FoaET is appoint ed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Spain. . Since the Ist of-this month, General CLARKE, Mi nister of War, ha, dated his dispatches as Count DE HUNENBURC. Mr. LACUE, Director General of the Conscriptions, has also signed himself Count DE SESsAc. • Letters from Venice mention, that the Adjutant- Couunandant DomuttowsitY had embarked acZara, with a detachment of troops, and driven the Eng lish from the putt ot Lessina, situated. at the farther end of the . ot Cherso. The English had taken - possession ot that port for some time, by which the donun'unication between Dalmatia and Venice was cwisidLrably impeded, and the.coaSt of Istria hod the Gt.n i ,h of Venice- rendered unsafe. They had eyed made their appeatance beforp. Venice. ' •• . . . - - JULY 22.—His Majesty the Emperor still remain ed at liayonne 'oh the ,it:ith.inst. It is supposed that he intends to make a tour along the Western coast oT the Empire. Hii Catholic Alajesty arrived at Burgos o❑ -the 14th. . . .write from 'l,'Arbe, i _that his Highness the - Grand Du!:e of Be.Ro passed.thrOugh I.ourc4: in the night of the t Ith, lb order to take the benefit of the water.; of CraUteretz. , The Grand Duchess of BERG iS . shurdy expeCted here, on her return from Bayonne. • . Adviees from Strasburgh of the Igth state, that Marshal KELLERMAS, Duke of Malmy, had arrived there, with an escort of Cuirassiers. 'He has taken up his residence with the Prefect, and it is thought will remain there some time: The report is spread at Strasburgh, that his Ma jesty the Ernpe:or will shortly arrive there. Fresh depots of troops were daily arriving there, and were training and exercising. M. BELIN, an Officer belonging to the French Embassy at qopstutitiople; has • passed through Nancy as a Courier coming to this city. The Grand DuchesS of RUSS lA, who travels under the risme *Of the Cuun i tess of Romanzow, arrived at Schatilianien on the tuth. After visiting the Falls of the Rhine, and the surrounding country, she set out for Zurich and ,the interior of Switzerland on the t2th. The Margrave of BADEN, accompanied . by his Lady, travelling as Count EBEESTEEN, has proceed ed' to Basle. According 'to letters from St. Mato, Captain SUR'• COUF has lately taken another English prize, viz. the fourth. Out of ' the nineteen prizes taken in December last, by the Piedmonlaiv, the Sem . illante, and the lievetturpe, Captain Su aconF's Vessel, se venteen have arrived safe in port. These arrivals hrrYecaused a superflux of conimodities in the French colonies, while the English army is much distressed; as are also the colonies in .the vicinity of the Red Sea, as they have lost upwards of twenty millions of pounds of rice and corn., Captain SURC OUF , whose Ship-is the best sailer in the Indies, has kept a very sharp look out for the rich English Ships from Calcutta, which leave, that port in December and January. TfpESTE, JUNE 26.---:•On, the 22d, an English Frigye arrived here with a Flag.ot Truce, which has Made the voyage. from Portsmouth' in twenty-eight days. The contents' of. the dispatches are riot yet known. The six Russian Ships of War and Frigates . which have wiutered here, have not yet sailed. VIENNA, JULY 6.-- , •The ArchdUke JOHN arrived at Trieste on the It th of June. The organization of the Militia goes on very favourably; the men are . already disciplined in a great measure. Several trades have formed themselves into different corps. ASKEIt KHAN . , Atnbassador Extraordinary from Persia, has arrived here, with forty perions in his 4utte, and has been i eceired with the same honou rs as the French and RuSsian Ambassadors. LOWER ELBE, JULY is said that the ab sence of the Prince of PONTE CORVO will not extend beyond three weeks. Great preparations are making for celebrating the 15th of August, the Prince having previously issued orders to that efleet. The day before yesterday, thre7 perions convieted of holding a treasonable correspondence with the enemy. were shot'before one of the gates of Ham- Iwgtt. VIENNA, AMY O.—The afrny of the Grand Vizier, which has been reinforced from tinie to time brptimerous diviiions from Asik, has now actiatte,A froth AdrianoPle to Sophia. The ItuSilan Colonel BEKLEUR/CHEW has arrived agiin at the Ff,a t. quarters of Prince PROSOROSKI ) from bonstantinople, according to the ancient cutturn of the Sublime Porte, received an answer to his Mission flow the hands . of the Grand Vizier. The Russian dr to y, which has received considerable reinforcementi, taken various positions on the shores Of the llatiohe. The Ttrtkish fortresse); are well supplied with pro visions and ammunition, and they are indefatigable in raising new works. . "Within this short time the comenerce of the Archi pelago is quite stopped bythe gOglish. The "rurkish Commandant at the Dardanelles has bt:eo re moveil, and the command entiusted to ZARABANZ Emr&r. BANDS OF THII MAttit; .JULY 23.-.—We are a 4... sured fiat his HighneSS 1 ftG Prince Arch-Chancellor of the'Prebch Empire will, after the return ofthe Emperor, make a jO ur n4y i nto G ermany ; the object .of. which is said to ber the organization of the Con federacy of the Rhine. He trill first visit the Coer: . of the Prince Pernate, and at the opening of the approaching Sitting of the States he will propose se veral important m eas ur es , ca l cu l ate d for the support and security of the whole body. gEßbtr, , JuLy 14.—0 n the loth inst. very early in the morning, auEstafette arrived - here with Dis patches far the King of WIRTCMIST/Rriff, to be deli vered with all possible dispatch, wherever he might be found. The Courier was sent to Oberland, and about font' o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. - his Majesty returned, and pro ceded immediately through Solethurn to Arau, and froth thence, as we are assured, to. Strasburgh. Many conjectures are. :afloat respecling these Dispatches; according to some of them, they confirm the report of the arrival of the Emperor NAPOLEON on the shores, of the Rhine as an event very near at hind..-7 . Po. S. Private letters cc the- accounts frdtri Strasburgh, viz. that his Imperial. Majesty is CK-• pe63ed in that City.' The exact period of his arriital is not yet known ; but positive orders have he'en received for fitti n g- u p the i m p er i a l 'Palace for the receptidn of NAPOLEON. IVONTIILY -4qI?ICVLTUR./IL, = The Grain crops of all 4orts-conthie to have in 'general a promising appeirance; especially :in the midland and northern distriEts of theisland, ‘vll,..re much more rain has 'fallen. than in those of the . south - it ring the , prese n t mont h ; .and. the. fine., showers within these f ew d ays must have tended to till .the ears, well. The Barleys are every where ap wit - y.1)11y yery full crops ;- the,. WheatS . in some Casco rather . thin aid short in the ear; and the• Oats Wise' odthiOnally short in the straw, with a deficient ear,. In the. more southern parts of the king:tofu these crops, and especially ,the Wheats, are greatly more forward than in the above, where they hav e , in CoMmon kcarcely yet begun to turn. The Potatne crop 9 have also Undergone much injury by the lo,ig continued heat and dryness of the season, and con sequently the deficiency of hoeing and casting up, The lands which Were sown with Turnips last month, where rain has fallen, have IEI6 crops nosy Pushing into broad leaf; but in other cases they hitve either been destroyed or are Atill to put in ; much land being indeed yet to be sown with that crop.---The fruit orchards have suffered. • Dunttx, elderly Gentlemano on his way from Dublin to Athlone, in an open car riage, on Tuesday last, abolat one o'clock, shortly,. after he passed the Cappa Hill turnpike, was stopped by an highwayman well mounted, who drawilig•a pistol from his bosom, and meriaCing the postillion with instAt death, should he interfere or give any itla`rm„denAnded the Gentleman's money. Some. Proffered . ..Silver he reje&ed, insisting on a pocket book, WhiOli he said he knew was about the Gentle man's person, and on -the immediate delivery of which his life depended. Having made this avowal, the ruffian gripped the Gentleman by the shoulder, and was in the as of forcing from a side pocket the depository of notes sought for, when the servant perceiving the awkward situation of the vill.iin while leaning over the vehicle, suddenly slipped from the leading horse, seized his arm, and by a gallant, vi gorous, an4Successful effort, seized the pisto}, which 'hurried priming, from him. Deprveci of this wea .pon, the highwayman found it ,expedient to make a precipitate retreat, and setting spurs to his - horse, though several persons were in sight, effected - his escape towards Dublin. Two hundred and fifty thousand pikes have been sent from this kingdom to Spain, and •are now in the hands of the Patriots. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Avo. r. This day's ,market had a considerable supply of prime Beasts, and the shew of Cattle in other respeas was pretty good; Beef, Pork, and Larnb are dearer than our last report ; Mutton and Veal support last prices, and the trade in general 'was rather brisk. The sales in the. Haymarket were 'somewhat lively ; Straw has falletr‘ rn price since Friday's market; Hay and Clover sold at . last prices. —We annex an acegrate statement of the priceS and numbers : ' To sink the Ofill per stone of Sib. Beef 4s. 2d. to ss. —Mutton 4s. od. to is. 2d.—Vval 6s. od. to 7s. od.— Larnb ss. od. to 7s. od.—Pork ss. od. to 6s. 6d. Beasts, I,B7o.—Shep and Lambs, J6,E7o.—Calves, 3 ts,— Pigs, goo, Haritiog: od. to 61. los. od.—Clover 41. 6s. od. to 71, ios. od.---StryN3l. 16s. od. to 21. 2S. od. • It is stated; . that the Emperor of Morocco has offered to Iht the Spaniards with a force of 80,000 men. CORN-EXCHANGE,. AUG. I:—The fresh ,arrivals of Wheat to -day ,rnake an abundant supply, and the sales are heavily etfeaed at rather less-prices; Bar= ley likewise; in Malt 'and Beans of the two kinds little variation; White Pease in plenty, and, much lower; Oats im are in 'tolerable q uant i t i es, an d last prices' are fu — ny, s mairttained; sales of Flour nearly on the t6'n . is ticidtKl:last week. Wheat , 54s M,66s 78; od Fine ditto . 2:7,s g 841' col Rye ••• a s_ 2 's ori Batley, . aps a 45s od Malt '. 66s a 76s od White Pea it6s a t 36s od Grey ditto -54 s a 6os ott keavis (O 1) . 6u a as Ott Tick Beans - 6os a 66s od Oats ^* 40s a 42s a 46s od Poland ditto 47s a qas od Potatoe - - —s a cos od Rape Seed 361 a 391 —cd Fine Flour 6os a 60s —s ott Seconds - - gas a Gos 061. .~~, ~.,, cry• rate [ore tile ito ~;~ ~. ~. tl:et or. ST 6i ......, 55 ° tip